Incident Response Job Trends in Bristol

Incident Response
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Incident Response skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 84 94
Rank change year-on-year -5 +10 +49
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 22 4 61
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.82% 0.37% 1.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 0.44% 2.33%
Number of salaries quoted 17 4 24
10th Percentile £41,250 £50,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £58,125 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +41.46% +5.67%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £62,813
90th Percentile £85,000 - £88,000
South West median annual salary £66,250 £57,670 £52,500
% change year-on-year +14.88% +9.85% +1.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bristol

Incident Response falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,844 914 2,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 68.63% 84.08% 82.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,359 661 2,022
10th Percentile £33,750 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -0.86%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £87,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -3.67%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Incident Response relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Incident Response job vacancy trend in Bristol

Incident Response
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Incident Response.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Incident Response

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in Bristol over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Incident Response in Bristol

Incident Response
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 11 (50.00%) AWS
1 11 (50.00%) Azure
2 8 (36.36%) GCP
3 7 (31.82%) GitHub
4 5 (22.73%) GitHub Actions
5 4 (18.18%) Datadog
5 4 (18.18%) SaaS
6 2 (9.09%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (4.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (4.55%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (4.55%) IaaS
7 1 (4.55%) Mimecast
7 1 (4.55%) PaaS
7 1 (4.55%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 7 (31.82%) Firewall
2 2 (9.09%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.55%) BGP
3 1 (4.55%) Network Security
3 1 (4.55%) PBX
3 1 (4.55%) VoIP
3 1 (4.55%) VPN
3 1 (4.55%) WAN
3 1 (4.55%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (18.18%) CircleCI
1 4 (18.18%) Jenkins
2 3 (13.64%) Git
3 1 (4.55%) Vite
General
1 10 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Law
4 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (22.73%) Senior
2 4 (18.18%) Architect
2 4 (18.18%) DevSecOps Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Security Architect
3 3 (13.64%) Information Manager
3 3 (13.64%) Information Security Manager
3 3 (13.64%) Security Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Administrator
4 2 (9.09%) Linux Administrator
4 2 (9.09%) Linux Systems Administrator
4 2 (9.09%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (4.55%) Account Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Graduate
5 1 (4.55%) Network Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Security Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Software Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Technical Account Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) .NET
1 1 (4.55%) .NET Core
1 1 (4.55%) .NET Framework
1 1 (4.55%) ASP.NET
1 1 (4.55%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (4.55%) Blazor
1 1 (4.55%) Entity Framework
1 1 (4.55%) React
1 1 (4.55%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Educational Technology
1 2 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.55%) Cloud Native
2 1 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (4.55%) IVR
2 1 (4.55%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (36.36%) Linux
2 3 (13.64%) Windows
3 2 (9.09%) Debian
3 2 (9.09%) Ubuntu
3 2 (9.09%) VMS
3 2 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Cloud Security
2 9 (40.91%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (36.36%) SIEM
4 7 (31.82%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (31.82%) DevOps
4 7 (31.82%) OWASP
4 7 (31.82%) Security Operations
5 6 (27.27%) Agile
5 6 (27.27%) DevSecOps
5 6 (27.27%) Vulnerability Management
6 5 (22.73%) CI/CD
6 5 (22.73%) Containerisation
6 5 (22.73%) Infrastructure as Code
6 5 (22.73%) Penetration Testing
6 5 (22.73%) SDLC
6 5 (22.73%) Test Automation
7 4 (18.18%) Architectural Patterns
7 4 (18.18%) Security Architecture
7 4 (18.18%) Threat Detection
7 4 (18.18%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 9 (40.91%) PowerShell
1 9 (40.91%) Python
2 8 (36.36%) Bash
3 2 (9.09%) PHP
3 2 (9.09%) Ruby
4 1 (4.55%) C#
4 1 (4.55%) SQL
4 1 (4.55%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) SC Cleared
1 5 (22.73%) Security Cleared
2 4 (18.18%) CISSP
3 3 (13.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 3 (13.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (4.55%) CISM
4 1 (4.55%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (4.55%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (4.55%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (36.36%) NIST
3 5 (22.73%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (22.73%) GDPR
4 4 (18.18%) Def Stans
4 4 (18.18%) NIST 800
5 3 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (9.09%) PCI DSS
7 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 5 (22.73%) Docker
2 2 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 2 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (27.27%) Ansible
1 6 (27.27%) Terraform
2 4 (18.18%) Grafana
2 4 (18.18%) Kubernetes
3 1 (4.55%) FortiGate
3 1 (4.55%) Host Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Cisco
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) VMware
3 1 (4.55%) Genesys
3 1 (4.55%) Sophos
3 1 (4.55%) Verint
3 1 (4.55%) Zscaler